A Kansas City woman has been charged in Caldwell County with felony delivery or possession of a controlled substance at county/private jail/correctional center without a prescription. Forty-three-year-old Terri Mouton also faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance except for 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid. Bond was set at $10,000 cash […]
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Department reported a deputy went to Gower to check on a male’s welfare described as slumped over the steering wheel of a vehicle. The deputy identified the driver, which revealed he was wanted on several outstanding warrants, among them a revoked driver’s license. The suspect was also on probation. Authorities said […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Chillicothe resident, 17-year old Doniven Kitchin, was arrested early Sunday in Caldwell County. Kitchin is accused of driving while intoxicated/drugs with a person less than 17 in the vehicle, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, no valid license, and speeding 86 in a 65 zone. Kitchin was taken to […]
Residents of Chillicothe and San Antonio, Texas were arrested Tuesday night on several drug-related allegations in Caldwell and Mercer counties. Nineteen-year-old Ashley Mast of Chillicothe has been accused of felony possession of a controlled substance listed as heroin, methamphetamine, and prescription pills. She’s also accused of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Mast was […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of an Illinois man and a Jamesport man in area counties on multiple allegations. Sixty-seven-year-old Harry Tapp of Mattoon, Illinois was arrested in Caldwell County on March 5th and was accused of the felonies of driving while intoxicated and driving while suspended. Other accusations included failure to maintain lane, […]
A corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center was charged in federal court for taking bribes to smuggle illegal drugs to inmates of the facility. Daniel Coach, 26, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo. The complaint charges Coach with one count of using a […]
Rural Trenton resident Jerry Urick, on a plea agreement in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, has been sentenced, fined, and placed on probation in connection with bad checks from late last year. Urick on Tuesday pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of passing bad checks. Five other counts were dismissed according to […]
Law enforcement reports a 35-year-old man from Lawson was taken into custody following a shooting in Polo the morning of January 27th in which a female died from her injuries. Caldwell County Sheriff Mitchel Allen reports the suspect was taken into custody following a manhunt that involved officers from the Highway Patrol, Polo Police Department, […]
(Missouri Independent) – Khadijah Wilson had a bully during her junior year at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles. She told her principal and teachers about the name-calling, and how the other girl constantly threatened to beat her up. But no one intervened. It went on for several months. “I reported it more […]
Among cases Tuesday, in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, two defendants waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to appear Thursday in Division One of circuit court. Ashley Rose Tharp is charged with felony stealing from November 8th. Brandon Brewer of Kirksville has four counts stemming from December 4th. Brewer is accused […]
Two Kansas City women were arrested Sunday morning when driving in Caldwell County. Thirty-nine-year-old Kisha Moore has been accused of driving while revoked, failure to drive on the right half of the road, speeding, and misdemeanor marijuana possession. Moore was taken on a 24-hour hold to the Caldwell County Detention Center. Thirty-one-year-old Shawnteese Jackson was […]
The Highway Patrol arrested three men in area counties on December 31st. Thirty-two-year-old Andrew Steinberger of Altoona, Iowa, was arrested in Daviess County the morning of December 31st. He was accused of misdemeanor resisting arrest, failing to yield to an emergency vehicle, and driving at a speed less than 40 miles per hour on an […]
Multiple arrests have been reported by the Highway Patrol from the weekend including one in Daviess County and three in Harrison County. Saturday morning, 42-year-old Phillip Cunningham of Junction City, Kansas was taken into custody while in Daviess County. The state patrol accused Cunningham of driving while intoxicated, aggravated offender as well as failure to […]
The Highway Patrol arrested two Independence residents in Caldwell County the morning of December 17th on drug-related allegations. Twenty-seven-year-old Hannah Kennedy was accused of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Thirty-year-old Johnny Beauregard was accused of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia—prior drug offense as […]
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Blockton, Iowa man in Caldwell County on Friday evening, December 11th on multiple allegations. Forty-two-year-old Ty Vaughn was accused of driving while intoxicated—chronic offender, felony driving while revoked or suspended, felony assault—second degree, property damage—first degree, and armed criminal action. Other allegations included abuse or neglect of […]
Several defendants received a sentence with others receiving probation following appearances Thursday in Division One of the Grundy County Circuit Court. Trenton resident Christopher James Warren pleaded guilty to felony drug possession/synthetic cannabinoid as of November 20th. Warren was sentenced to five years with the department of corrections. Another charge was dismissed. Polo resident Julie […]
Among additional cases processed Tuesday in the Associate Division of Grundy County Circuit Court, a Galt resident, Ryan Mitchell Hutcherson was placed on probation after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated persistent offender. He was sentenced to six months at the Grundy County Detention Center which was then suspended by the court and replaced with […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Kansas City resident was arrested Saturday night in Daviess County and accused of felony counts of possessing marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms, felony unlawful possession of a firearm, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding, and expired vehicle registration. Nineteen-year-old Blayne Pace was taken to the Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail. Galt […]
On Tuesday morning, November 17, 2020, Chillicothe dispatch was alerted of a pursuit by the Linn County Sheriff attempting to stop a specific vehicle allegedly involved in a residential burglary in Linn County on Tuesday morning. A vehicle pursuit was reportedly in progress on Highway 36 in Linn County traveling westbound toward Livingston County. The […]
William Nicholas Griffin of Trenton, during a hearing, admitted violating the terms of probation on original charges from 2016 of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and third-degree assault. On a plea agreement, Griffin was ordered to serve an additional 30 days in the Grundy County Detention Center for the DWI charge and then that case will […]
